Body Found in Singer d4vd’s Impounded Tesla Identified as Missing Teenage Girl

The body found in the trunk of an impounded Tesla reportedly registered to singer d4vd has been identified as a missing teenage girl.

The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner confirmed the body is 15-year-old Celeste Rivas, according to PEOPLE. Her date of death is listed as Sept. 8, and the cause of death is “deferred,” meaning it is still under investigation.

According to NBC News, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office said Rivas is the “juvenile who was reported missing from Lake Elsinore” last year.

“The Los Angeles Police Department is investigating this incident as a homicide and will be the point of contact for any further details regarding this investigation,” the statement said, per the outlet.

Officers with the Los Angeles Police Department found the body around 12:30 p.m. on Sept. 8 after a report of a foul odor coming from a vehicle on N. Mansfield Avenue, PEOPLE previously reported.

According to KABC-TV, the body was in the Tesla’s front trunk and wrapped in a bag. The car is registered in Hempstead, Texas, to d4vd, 20, whose real name is David Anthony Burke.

Authorities told FOX 11 Los Angeles that the body may have been in the trunk for about five days before the car was towed to the impound lot.

The car had been reported abandoned in the Hollywood Hills, and neighbors told NBC Los Angeles it had been there for about a month.

After the discovery, a representative for the singer told the outlet, “d4vd has been informed about what’s happened. And, although he is still out on tour, he is fully cooperating with the authorities.”

Police have not named any suspects or filed charges. Further details about Rivas and any connection to the singer have not been shared.

d4vd, who won acclaim (and BMI Pop Awards) for hits like “Here with Me” and “Romantic Homicide,” released his debut album Withered in April 2025.

He is currently on a world tour for the album and is scheduled to perform in San Francisco on Friday, Sept. 19, before playing a show in Los Angeles the next day.